Species Ctenotus inornatus (Gray, 1845)
Bar-shouldered Ctenotus, Plain Ctenotus
- Hinulia inornata Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [78].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1946.8.15.45, Swan River, WA (in error, see Storr (1970)).Type locality references:
Storr, G.M. 1970. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 52: 97-108 [1969 on title page].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rabosky, D.L., Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, C.C., Talaba, A.L. & Lovette, I.J. 2014. Phylogenetic disassembly of species boundaries in a widespread group of Australian skinks (Scincidae: Ctenotus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 71–82 [79]
Generic Combinations
- Ctenotus inornatus (Gray, 1845). —
Storr, G.M. 1975. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Kimberley and North-west Divisions of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 209-243 [221] (changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, oviparous, tall open shrubland.
General References
Rankin, P.R. & Gillam, M.W. 1979. A new lizard in the genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Northern Territory with notes on its biology. Records of the Australian Museum 32: 501-511 (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1970. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 52: 97-108 [1969 on title page] (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1978. Notes on the Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of Queensland. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 319-332 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [26] (Bar-shouldered Ctenotus)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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07-Feb-2024 | LACERTILIA | 22-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |